Health-education to prevent COVID-19 in schoolchildren: a call to action

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Authors

Darren J. Gray · Australian National University

Johanna Kurscheid · Australian National University

Mary Lorraine Mationg · Australian National University

Gail Williams · University of Queensland

Catherine A. Gordon · QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Matthew Kelly · Australian National University

Kinley Wangdi

Abstract

An entertainment education intervention for schoolchildren systematically implemented in schools would be highly effective and fill this need. With such measures in place there would be greater confidence around the opening of schools.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 and Mental Health COVID-19 epidemiological studies Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 81-81

DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-00695-2

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